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Patent GB-2177894-A (GB)
Title: Cutlery device
Inventor: MA CHUN HUNG
IPC: A47G21/06
Filed: 1985-05-31
Abstract: A composite set of cutlery comprises plastic knife, fork and spoon held together by interengagement of single buttons 12 on one item e.g. 10 which engage in cavities 14 between groups 12 of four buttons on an adjacent item e.g. 11. There may be for example two spaced sets of buttons or the buttons may be in continuous rows. The buttons are moulded into the plastic knife, fork and spoon which are designed as throw-away items. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2177132-A (GB)
Title: Lintel
Inventor: SWAN JOHN
IPC: E04C3/02
Filed: 1985-06-28
Abstract: A lintel made from two Z-shaped members 1,2 having respective leaf flanges 8,12 for supporting outer and inner leaves of a cavity wall. The members 1,2 each have central web portions 7,11 from which head flanges 10,13 respectively extend so as to overlie and be secured together by rivets 3. The channel 14 formed between the web portions locates a timber support block 4, and a strip of mesh 6 for keying plaster extends across the face of the block 4 and the inner leaf flange 12. To provide a thermal barrier in the lintel, a strip 5 of plastics is located between the overlying head flanges 10,13 and the rivets 3 may extend through flanged sleeves of plastics to prevent direct metal contact. The members 1 and 2 may be of different metals and one member may be coated with a plastics material, and the mesh may be omitted. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2181826-A (GB)
Title: Spark igniters for gas appliances
Inventor: SPRUCE FRANK
IPC: F23Q3/00
Filed: 1985-10-09
Abstract: The igniter comprises a piezo electric device (1) mounted on a control spindle (13) of a gas control valve (15), the control spindle (13) being rotatable in both directions between limit positions and being in frictional engagement with a lobed cam (7). The piezo electric device (1) is fixed, and is actuated by the cam. When the control spindle is rotated in one sense to open the valve (15), either of the lobes (9) of the cam (7) can then lift and release a spring loaded hammer (17) to fire the piezo electric device (1) shortly before the rotational limit of the spindle (13) is reached. The available rotation of the control spindle (13) between said limit positions is preferably approximately 200 DEG  and the piezo electric device (1) can only be primed and fired after the control spindle (13) has first been moved to a fully-off position and then moved in said one direction to approach the fully-on limit position.
Patent GB-2167542-A (GB)
Title: Furnace for agricultural waste
Inventor: WOOLDRIDGE PROFESSOR MEREDITH
IPC: F23G7/10
Filed: 1985-11-27
Abstract: There is disclosed a furnace (10) for burning relatively bulky and compressed material, such as bales of straw. The furnace comprises a chamber (11) through which the material passes and having an inlet (12) at one end and a combustion space at its opposite end, restraining bars (14) arranged at the opposite end of the chamber (11) to be engaged by the bales, a pusher (15) for moving the bales through the chamber (11) so as to press continuously against the restraining bars (14) whereby combustion takes place while the chamber is substantially filled with material, first nozzles (21) arranged to blow one or more jets of primary combustion air into a lower portion of an end face (26) of the material, and a baffle (22) arranged across an upper part of the combustion space so as to cause partial recirculation of burning and burnt gas. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2180200-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible shock-absorbing golf bag carrier
Inventor: STEWART ROGER M
IPC: B62B1/04
Filed: 1986-03-03
Abstract: A collapsible golf bag carrier (10) includes a flexible spine (12), handle (26), and side struts (14) and means (20, 22) for pivotally connecting the handle and side struts to the spine. Guide rods (56) associated with each side strut support and guide each strut between an extended operating position and the retracted folded position. The handle is operatively connected (by rod 70) to the means connecting the side struts to the spine to move the side struts between their extended and folded positions. The means connecting the side struts to the spine includes a support (40) attached to the spine and rotatable hinges (44) pivotally connected to each side strut and rotatable about the support for pivoting the struts forward and outward of the spine. A locking mechanism (76, 78,80) is also included for locking the struts in their folded position. The spine is a serrated beam having intersecting orthogonal members (34,36) extending its length for bending rigidity and a plurality of spaced-apart ribs (38) along the spine perpendicular to its axis for torsional rigidity. It comprises a resilient plastics material that further absorbs shock throughout the spine. For improved shock absorption, the handle and side struts are of the same design as the spline and comprise the same material. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2174501-A (GB)
Title: Load cell
Inventor: FORD MICHAEL WILLIAM
IPC: G01L1/22
Filed: 1986-03-19
Abstract: The load cell comprises a plurality of strain gauges 11 disposed around a circular opening (8) in a housing 1. The assembly of strain gauges so formed is enclosed by a resilient sealing member 12 in the form of a hollow annulus of moisture impervious material which affords protection against humidity without degrading performance of the load cell. The sealing member has a circumferentially extending slot in its outer wall, the parts 14 of the wall at the sides of the slot bearing resiliently against cooperating surfaces on opposite sides of the support so as to form moisture proof seals. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2261553-A (GB)
Title: Mixing array
Inventor: BLAKE ASHLEY KENNETH
IPC: H01Q19/09
Filed: 1986-06-12
Abstract: A microwave/millimetric waveband receiver of the kind comprising dielectric R.F. radiation focussing lens means 2, an array of integrated antenna/mixer circuits 4 supported on a dielectric substrate 3, for receiving radiation focussed by the lens, and a local oscillator 8 for injecting or irradiating a local oscillator signal into the circuits, is given a dual polarisation capability by adapting the circuit array to include respective sets of antenna elements which respond to received radiation linearly polarised in one and the other of two orthogonal directions, while correspondingly adapting the local oscillator arrangement and I.F. output processing circuitry for the two directions. in one embodiment, the respective antenna elements are spatially separated to form two sub-arrays while the lens means is adapted to distribute the orthogonal components to the appropriate arrays. In another embodiment, each circuit of the array comprises two antenna elements, crossed dipoles for example, responsive to respective ones of the polarisation components and the local oscillator is switchable to irradiate the array alternatively with radiation polarised in one and the other of the two directions. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2196438-A (GB)
Title: Angle indicating device
Inventor: JONES WALTER
IPC: G01B5/245
Filed: 1986-10-15
Abstract: The indicating device comprises a pair of limbs (11 and 12) which are pivotally interconnected, and a bracing element (13) which is pivotally connected to one of the limbs (11) and adjustably connected to the other limb (12) at its other end 15. The limbs are pivotable between a collapsed position in which they lie alongside one another so as to present a minimum volume for storage of the device, and an operating position with a predetermined angular inclination (e.g. perpendicular) when the bracing element is connected to the second limb. Each limb has at least one bubble tube (16, 17) so as to permit initial setting of the angle of the limbs by locating one of the limbs in a predetermined attitude as determined by its bubble tube, and then angularly adjusting the other limb until the predetermined angle is obtained. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2197180-A (GB)
Title: Cover for a shoe
Inventor: ROTH JEFFREY PIERS
IPC: A43B5/18
Filed: 1986-11-12
Abstract: A protective cover, for use in martial arts when a shoe is being worn, as well as bare feet, comprises an upper 11 of a padded or relatively soft material to extend over the top of the foot, and a flap 14 secured under the front of the cover to form a pocket into which the front of the foot can be inserted, an elasticated or two-part strap 13 being connected to the cover and arranged to pass under the instep of the wearer. In a further embodiment (Figs. 4-7) a heel strap is also included. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2197800-A (GB)
Title: Articulated toy
Inventor: WILSON JOHN SLOAN
IPC: B29C70/70
Filed: 1986-11-19
Abstract: An articulated toy has a wire frame (10) embedded within a foam body (21, 22). The foam body has two parts (21, 22) each formed by pressing foam into a mould which is a negative of the shape of the body of the toy, and cutting off the foam not pressed into the mould. The head, hands and feet of the toy are formed from discs (17, 19, 20) of plastics material attached to the wire frame (10). The wire frame (10) is formed of a plurality of wire strands, for example electrical power cable. A stand (Figure 6 - not shown) includes an upstanding spigot, over which a tubular part adjacent foot 20 is fittable. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2185745-A (GB)
Title: Branched esters of halogenated compounds
Inventor: WEIL THEODOR
IPC: C10M105/54
Filed: 1987-01-23
Abstract: The present invention relates to branched esters of trihaloneopentyl alcohols and a method of their preparation. The esters have the general formula   <IMAGE> wherein each X is independently Br, Cl or H provided that at least one of X is Br or Cl; R1 is a C1-5 alkyl or substituted C1-5alkyl radical and R2 is a radical (CH2)nCH3 in which n is an integer of 1 to 10, and R3 is H or a C1-5alkyl or substituted C1-5alkyl radical. The esters are prepared by the esterification of the free alcohol with the corresponding organic acid in the presence of an acidic catalyst. The new branched esters, covered by the above general formula, were found to be useful as flame retardants for hydraulic fluids possessing outstanding hydrolytic stability.
Patent GB-2184394-A (GB)
Title: Collapsible dispensing container
Inventor: TAVSS EDWARD A
IPC: B32B15/12
Filed: 1987-01-23
Abstract: A collapsible dentifrice tube has an inner layer of a fluoropolymer. Preferably the tube consists of a substrate of inner and outer layers (11, 16) of fluoropolymer, having sandwiched therebetween a metal foil layer (13) and a paper layer (15). <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2187154-A (GB)
Title: Magnus effect rotor for ship propulsion
Inventor: CORLETT EWAN CHRISTIAN BREW
IPC: F03D3/00
Filed: 1987-02-18
Abstract: A Magnus effect rotor for ship propulsion is provided constructed as a series of cylindrical sections 11 increasing stepwise in diameter from section to section up the height of the rotor so that the rotor can be retracted telescopically into a well 17 in the ship's deck. A central non-rotating support post 13 inside the rotor is fitted with a top bearing 14 that carries the rotor, the post also being telescopic. The top most rotor section has a boundary layer fence 16 projecting radially around its top end, and the step increase in diameter between each of the sections below and the section above it provides a respective boundary layer fence 12 for the rotor section below in each case. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2188091-A (GB)
Title: Mounting hinges
Inventor: WINKIE JOHN
IPC: E05D5/10
Filed: 1987-02-19
Abstract: The present invention relates to a mounting gudgeon which includes a main body portion 10 and an upwardly extending mounting shaft 16. The main body portion has an elongate attachment face 11 which is adapted in use to be attached or affixed, to an adjacent surface of a post or upright. The main body portion further includes a top face 12a which is substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the elongate attachment face. The mounting shaft extends upwardly from the elongate attachment face so as to be spaced apart therefrom. The mounting shaft 16 may have an abutment flange 17 thereon. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2203583-A (GB)
Title: Visual display apparatus
Inventor: SHAVIN ELIZABETH
IPC: G09F19/12
Filed: 1987-04-08
Abstract: The present invention provides a visual display apparatus and a kit of parts for producing a picture. The visual display apparatus and kit of parts includes a frame 10 and a plurality of display members (42). The display members (42) are transparent or translucent at least in part. Frame 10 receives a plurality of the display members (42) in grooves 20, 22, 24 and 26 so as to retain them in a substantially face-to-face spaced apart relationship with each other. The assembled visual display apparatus or kit of parts thus provides a picture having a three-dimensional aspect. The frame is preferably of knock-down snap-fit construction. A light is optional. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2192704-A (GB)
Title: A room heating radiator body
Inventor: RUNTE ANDRE
IPC: F24D3/16
Filed: 1987-07-03
Abstract: A radiator body (1) consists of a tube (4) which connects an inflow connector (2) to a return flow connector (3), the tube (4) being coiled around a centre (5) to define a spiral, the coils of which are preferably in a common plane. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2193975-A (GB)
Title: Countercurrent gas treatment of metallurgical melts
Inventor: WARNER NOEL ALFRED
IPC: C22B9/05
Filed: 1987-07-17
Abstract: A metallurgical melt such as a sulphide matte or an impure metal in a vessel 1 is raised by lift gas from a lance 3 up a snorkel 4 into a reduced-pressure vessel 12, where it falls as droplets countercurrently to a scavenging gas from a supply 11 rising through a gas-permeable floor 22 upwardly through the vessel 12 to a cyclone cleaner 14 and pump. The vessel 12 may contain a packed bed of scrap iron, replenished from hopper 20 as it dissolves. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2195835-A (GB)
Title: Anti-chatter brush assembly in an electric motor
Inventor: STROBL GEORG
IPC: H02K5/14
Filed: 1987-08-28
Abstract: A brush assembly 11 in a fractional horsepower PMDC motor comprises a cage 17 in which a brush 12 is slidable, the brush 12 being urged against a commutator 14 by a torsion spring 13. Power is supplied to the cage 17 and current passes through to the commutator via the brush 12. A leaf spring 26 is riveted 28 to the cage 17 and bears on the brush 12 to urge it against a base plate 19 of the cage 17. This reduces brush chatter and provides an electrical path between the cage and brush reducing the current flow through torsion spring 13. Alternatively (Fig. 4) the leaf spring may comprise a first leg attached to a power terminal and a second leg inclined relative to the first and bearing against the brush. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2204831-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of wire binding elements
Inventor: JONES LEONARD WILLIAM NORTON
IPC: B42B5/10
Filed: 1988-05-18
Abstract: A machine for transforming zigzag wire to the slotted tubular form ready for use as a binding element comprises means for feeding a strip of zigzag wire longtitudinally, means for arresting the feed of each prong of the wire strip as it reaches a shaping station, means for clamping each prong at that station and means at the station for shaping each clamped prong. The shaping means comprises two or more forming tools mounted on rollers which are driven by drive shafts, at least one roller being angularly adjustable relative to its drive shaft. This allows the operation of the forming tools to be synchronised so that symmetrical shaping of the zigzag wire is achieved. The feed means are rotary and means are provided whereby the feed of each prong is arrested for at least one eighth of each revolution of the rotary feed means The shaping of the zigzag strip is facilitated and improved since the strip is held stationary for a relatively long period of time.
Patent GB-2219813-A (GB)
Title: Building of unit(s) placed end to end
Inventor: EYTAN RUBEN
IPC: E04B1/348
Filed: 1988-05-25
Abstract: A building is made from (at least two juxtaposed) units 10, 20 of which each is of constant cross-section in a direction of a side wall, with the optional interposition between units 10, 20 of a number of a third unit 21 of the same cross-section, at least side walls and roofs of all the units and end walls of units 10, 20 being hardened. Each row of units so formed can be disposed adjacent a facing complimentary row to form a double-row building. A double-row building can have one or each end terminating in a protective fourth unit defining a blast-resilient chicane. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2220182-A (GB)
Title: Rail clampable device
Inventor: PRATT CHRISTOPHER ALAN
IPC: B61K7/04
Filed: 1988-06-30
Abstract: The device (e.g. for use as a train arrestor or wheel stop) comprises a body 1 having a wheel engaging surface (2 Fig. 2). A pair of plates 4, 5 are secured to the body 1 e.g. by bolts, and a tie rod (6 Fig. 3) provided at one end with an adjustable securing nut 9 passes through the plates 4, 5, and body 1. The other end of the tie rod is secured to a handle 11 rotatable about a pin 10 and provided with a camming surface 12. The camming effect of surface 12 acting against plate 13 upon rotation of handle 11 tensions the tie rod (6) to clamp plates 4 and 5 onto a rail 3 positioned therebetween. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2214052-A (GB)
Title: Shoe or boot protector
Inventor: BARTON NICHOLAS JOHN
IPC: A43B5/18
Filed: 1988-07-18
Abstract: A protective covering for footwear, especially a hockey goalkeeper's kicker, comprises an impact-absorbent slab (11) e.g. of hot mouldable, flexible, resilient, abrasion-resistant and waterproof polyether or polyethylene foam, shaped to cover at least part of a shoe or boot and grooves (28, 29, 30) formed in the outer surface by hot pressing or moulding into the slab material, for receiving retaining straps (15, 16, 17, 16, 19) which encircle the slab and the shoe or boot together. The slab may comprise a laminate of a tough and hard outer layer and a soft inner layer, with a thin, hard reinforcement sandwiched between them at the toecap. The slab may have side pieces, a toecap between them, a tongue (12) recessed into the slab and an ankle guard (26) formed on the tongue or on the side pieces. The straps are retained in position on the slab in use only or principally by the grooves. The slab does not require any outer covering. Cuts may be simply repaired by a suitable adhesive. The slab may readily be dyed, for an attractive appearance, or for team identification. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2223209-A (GB)
Title: Fifth wheel lock
Inventor: HEMBRY STEPHEN PAUL
IPC: B62D53/10
Filed: 1988-08-27
Abstract: A fifth wheel lock has two jaws 1 and 2 which are hinged around a pin 3. When closed these jaws encapsulate the semi trailer king pin. The jaws are locked together in this position by a hidden shank pad lock 5 so as to make the semi trailer king pin incompatible with the tractor unit fifth wheel. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2225831-A (GB)
Title: Marine cable vibration damper
Inventor: EBBUTT JULIAN MARK
IPC: F16F1/366
Filed: 1988-12-08
Abstract: A marine cable vibration damper 1 comprising a cone 2 structure having a base and an apex, the said base being provided with mounting means by which the damper 1 may be fixed adjacent a cable outlet in a vessel's hull 7, the cone apex having support means for holding a portion of the said cable 8 such the cable may be fed out and retracted through said cone structure. This damper can help to avoid damage which can occur in the part of the cable 8 nearest the vessel's propeller. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2220436-A (GB)
Title: Stainless steel tank constructions for chemicals
Inventor: AUNG SOE
IPC: B63B3/68
Filed: 1989-03-23
Abstract: In a storage of shipping tank, a support wall of mild steel (1) carries a spaced apart lining comprising sheets of thin stainless steel (2). The space between is completely filled with a epoxy resin (3). A plurality of spaced apart attachments (4) are provided for retaining and spacing the lining sheets. The attachments (4) may be threaded studs around which a spacer (5) is located. After the resin has set the nut (7) and washer (7a) are removed and the stud is hot or cold rivetted. The tank may be used in a ship, for stationary storage or in road or rail transporters. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2221023-A (GB)
Title: Injecting air into furnace
Inventor: MAILLIET PIERRE
IPC: F27B1/16
Filed: 1989-06-29
Abstract: Central tubular element (126) is connected, on one side, by means of a first ball-and-socket joint (138) and a first compensator (144) to a first connector (128) supplying pre-heated air and on the opposite side, by means of a second ball-and-socket joint (140) and a second compensator (146) to a second connector (130). In order to reduce the length of the device, the second joint (140) is oriented in the opposite direction to the said first joint (138), its centre of curvature (Y) being located on the axis of the said second connector (130) on the inside of the latter. 
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Patent GB-2234357-A (GB)
Title: Weighing machine
Inventor: HANNAM CLIFFORD
IPC: G01G11/00
Filed: 1989-07-28
Abstract: A weighing machine intended to weigh a continuous stream of substantially similar packages 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E being fed along a conveyed path 1, has a first weigh head 4 a second weigh head 13 downstream of the first weigh head, and means 11, 12 intermediate the two weigh heads to transfer a selected package after it has been weighed from the stream of packages to the second weigh head 13 so that it may be reweighed. Thereby if the second weight signal varies by an unacceptable amount from the first weight signal, a change may be made automatically or manually to the calibration and/or effective zero setting of the first weigh head so that packages, e.g. cans, with acceptable weights are no longer rejected because the tare weight of the first weigh head has been altered by contamination from the cans or by high temperature of the cans. <IMAGE>
Patent GB-2227284-A (GB)
Title: I.c. engine ignition timing control system
Inventor: KURIHARA MASARU
IPC: F02P5/15
Filed: 1990-01-18
Abstract: A basic increasing speed Nb during acceleration is calculated by averaging fluctuations of engine speed, and an increasing speed threshold NB which is higher than the basic increasing speed is calculated. Speed fluctuations are compared with the basic increasing speed Nb and with the threshold NlB. The ignition timing of the engine is retarded by a predetermined initial retard angle  theta LI when a first fluctuation after onset of acceleration of the engine is higher than the threshold NB and the ignition timing is retarded by a retard angle  theta L(P) when each of second and subsequent fluctuation is higher than the basic acceleration value. The angle  theta LI is dependent on throttle opening and  theta L(p) on the difference between the peak of the fluctuation and Nb. Corrections for transmission ratio and coolant temperature are applied to the angle determination. …<IMAGE>…
Patent GB-2231572-A (GB)
Title: Ink composition and printed security documents
Inventor: HOLLOWAY JULIAN
IPC: B41M3/14
Filed: 1990-04-03
Abstract: An ink composition comprises (a) colouring matter, (b) discrete coated particles of a material having a reflective metallic appearance, the coating comprising a translucent protective material such that, on immersion of the coated particles in 10% aqueous NaOH at 25 DEG C, the coated material is protected for at least 30 min, together with (c) an ink vehicle. The ink can be used to print a security document. Further, a security document having a coloured reflective metallic appearance, comprises discrete coated particles as defined above and a colouring agent. Two inks may be printed, of which one comprises the discrete coated particles and the other is coloured, in which the second ink is translucent and/or does not fully overlie the first ink.